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Originally Posted by missus
Chili...Reason for dropping 2nd verse=radio. The single came in at UNDER 3 minutes....which meant radio could squeeze in 1 more commercial...That was a&r/record company pressure in those days.....30 seconds on a "single" made all the difference in the world .... Shorter lengh=more plays=(they hoped) bigger hit ;-)
Bob Welch
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I fully understand that, Bob.
Actually, the thought process that went unexpressed in my previous post was more along the lines of the SINGLE version being exactly as it is/was, but wishing the ALBUM version include the second verse.
Along the lines of how different from the
Abraxas version the single version of Santana's cover of "Black Magic Woman" had Gregg Rolie's electric piano solo edited out right before the vocal came in, as well as Carlos' 2nd chorus of guitar solo...and of course, the segue into the "Gypsy Queen" was totally eliminated. I'd had the single version emblazoned in my head so deeply that when I finally bought the
Abraxas album, it was culture shock hearing all the "extra" parts in the song(s).